[TUSCANY-213] Errors in config model result in NPE rather than helpful error message

• Type: Bug
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Fix Version/s: Java-SCA-M2
• Component/s: Java DAS RDB
• Assignee: Kevin Joe Williams
• Reporter: Kevin Joe Williams
• Created: 22/Apr/06 05:20
• Updated: 27/May/06 04:38
• Resolved: 27/May/06 04:38

Description

Typos in the config.xml can lead to meaningless NPE errors.
For example, changing from the following change in OrdersOrderDetailsConfig.xml

<Relationship name="ORDERDETAILS" primaryKeyTable="ANORDER"
foreignKeyTable="ORDERDETAILS" many="true">
<KeyPair primaryKeyColumn="ID" foreignKeyColumn="ORDERID"/>
</Relationship>

to this ...

<Relationship name="ORDERDETAILS" primaryKeyTable="xxxx"
foreignKeyTable="ORDERDETAILS" many="true">
<KeyPair primaryKeyColumn="ID" foreignKeyColumn="ORDERID"/>
</Relationship>

results in a harsh NPE rather than of a cozy message exlaining that we are sorry but we have no table/property named "xxxx"